The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-27

cunt; they know how much none,
here Is in the wallet, but beyond thi,
heir financial affairs are very misty,
nd the income and oulgo judged only
y guessing, more or less shrewd. Vel
arming is business; indeed, il is the
BUSINESS of the country, upon the gen
raj success OF which all others depend,
he farmer Is n manufacturer, and
merchant, and much more, and of al
ersons he is the one who should con.
uct his affairs on the strictest business
principles. The very fact that farm
ne so often utterly disregards funda
mental business maXims and methods,
Without utter ruin, is in itself the
evidence that il is business
llering unusual security and wide
margin OF profit, when properly man
ged
Every farmers boy knows all the
nbles of weight and measures "by
cart but how little these are used or
he farm, Even the S 70 of the farm
self is matter of uncertainty, de,
endent upon an old and unyeriliec
eed or the books of the assessor.
here is no accurate knowledge of the
arious fields, or their actual produces
is. all guess work. The farmer guess.
kch COW eats the most. and guess.
is losing weight and which
and guesses which gives the
TX in year, and guesscs which
the richest, and so guesses n,
Il and profit of all his stock,
gry little actual knowledge rs &c
nd making frequent serious mis-.
Which are never known. And in
(use they guess that the cream /,
prm enough TO churn, and guess
I pay to become patrons OF the
ry. 1t is n wonder that clocks
Patches are ever used in such
instead of depending upon the
ii guessing ut the time OF day in
weather
measures are in common use, il
but they are seldom needed,
Y for matters of minor impor'
Ike the sale of few bushel;
es, potatoes or grain. Weighing
simplest method of measuring
lard products. and now almost
ally used when quantities are
ID. A wagon load of wheat OF
instead of being measured by
shel, is weighed like load OF
he best way to keep the record
Tvs milk product is by weight.
tier and cheese factories handle
" weight, and it won't be long
eggs are sold by the pound. Nc
would think of doing business
lay without scales of all sorts,
pliances for weighing, at least
ar.ety, are unusual on farms.
b line, or n surveyors chain il
Kinks, is an inexpensive article,
Il every farm should have one anG
se it, that the size of every field may
70 accurately measured and recorded,
nd the exact acreage of every cror
.nown, not guessed at. And TO apply
rdinary prudence and system to ones
business affairs the farm equipment
hould include scales of such capacity
nd variety as TO enable complete re-
ord of everything going into the barr
II storehouse, and of everything con
umed or sold. In place of est mates
nd rough guesses there should be a
orrect record of almost every occur
ence on the farm which involves Time
II quantity, product, purchase or sale.
Some time and some money are need
Il to start such system and to main
ain it. But experience proves that
he time necessary to substitute abso-
ute knowledge for the usual guess
york in farming is far less than one
you'd suppose, and that it soon proves
0 be time so used as to be true ccono.
nv. In like manner the cost of scales
nd measures is soon saved by
heir use in place of guessing as in the
ase of other useful farm tools. In
hort, it don't pay 20 depend upon
uess. work on the farm, when it is so
asy to have instead that systematic
management, mathematical accuracy
nd proper record which lie at the
pundation of success in every busi'
ess.-Major Henry Il. Aicord, m
lDlerican CUtiUdtor.